July 2014 babies

Car seat safety

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brittdc wrote:

I know this is touchy subject but I can get pretty anal about a young child being in the car seat wrong. I’m not perfect I know there are mistakes I make. But what I’m posting about is I’m trying to decide if I should contact the cops in regards to a child being endangered in a car seat. This same family has always let their son wear the cop under the 5 point harness but now the mom got a new seat and this child is 2 and in a booster. I’ll include a picture but I’m legitimately scared for this child.

Might be best just to talk to the mom about the laws where you live. Just in a non confrontational way. Like I cannot believe how big the kids are getting, soon we will be allowed to have them in boosters, starting at age _ . I would hate to cause a fine if a simple conversation could keep the kiddo safe

I don’t know the mom personally I know his dad. And when I brought up about the coats he starting arguing that his harness straps were tight. This girl is also the type to get defensive and blast it all over the place. I just can’t stand people who don’t know or car about the rules to keep their children safe.

If you reached out then you’ve done the best you can do. I mean there’s so many things wrong with that picture it’s shocking but if people aren’t going to listen then I don’t know how much else you can do. You could do a general winter car seat guide PSA on your own Facebook and hope they read it, or post it as a comment but if they aren’t going to listen you’re going to have to accept their wrath. I’m so shocked to see a 2yr in a high back booster! Especially since my 3yo is still rear facing and will be turning in a couple months when he hits the weight limit.

I post quite often about child seat safety. Especially when the videos come across my feed. I just worry for the child more then anything. My son is 3 he is forward facing but he meets the requirements to do so.

He looks pretty big for a 2 yo, perhaps she misread the requirements - it looks like he could hit the height requirement but obviously not age (hard to tell weight with that big puffy jacket - ugh!). Maybe if there’s a car seat clinic coming up you could send the info their way and suggest someone double check their new seat - perhaps a professional could get through to them. I’m not sure what else you can do, except hope they end up at a holiday check stop!

He might hit the height but no way is he close with the weight he is tall and skinny. But even so the age is enough reason to not be in a car seat like that. Also what is a holiday check stop ? I’ve never been pulled over for that

Oh, where I live the police do check stops - they’re usually looking for more impaired drivers, but they usually also check inspection stickers and make sure everyone is wearing a seatbelt etc. They don’t do check stops all the time but usually during the holidays they step it up since people are often going to more parties.

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